A 16-year-old boy charged with attacking a young man who suffered serious facial injuries during an incident in Temple Bar would not get out of bed to come to court today.

The boy, who cannot be named because he is minor, is charged with assault causing harm to Andrew Cusack, 21, who was taken to St James' Hospital to be treated for cuts to his face following an alleged incident in the early hours of May 2 at Dame Lane.

A bench warrant was issued by Judge John O'Connor at Dublin Children's Court on Monday when the boy failed to turn up.

He was initially granted bail on Friday May 6 with strict conditions including a ban on going to Dublin city centre - but he was arrested there again within hours of getting released, and allegedly had a knife.

He was remanded in custody for a week and on May 16 he was given bail again but with stricter conditions.

The teenager was barred from the Dublin 1, 2, 7 and 8 areas; he had to sign on daily at his local garda station, obey a 9pm to 8am curfew and stay away from booze.

His mother told the court she would supervise him.

The case resumed today and Judge John O'Connor was told the teenager had abided by the bail terms.

But he had a row with his mother and refused to get out of bed to come to court.

Judge O'Connor issued a bench warrant for his arrest.

He had warned him last week that if he broke bail again he could go back into custody until his trial has been heard.

Judge O'Connor has already made an order for disclosure of prosecution evidence to the defence, which is to include medical reports.

Garda Keith Connors said he would be comply and that “there is an awful lot of CCTV as well”.

The boy has not yet entered a plea to the charge.

Directions from the DPP are required and a decision has yet to be made as to whether the case will remain in the Children's Court or instead be sent forward to the Circuit Court, which has tougher sentencing powers.